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Granted Patent B2
US 10,001,756 · App. 15/374,374 · Granted Jun 19, 2018

Smart watch including a printed circuit board having a hole at the center

Inventors: Hyung-Real Ryu (Seoul, KR); Ki-Hyoun Kwon (Hwaseong-si, KR); Yong-Jae Kim (Seoul, KR); Sung Bum Cho (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G04G17/02G04B47/063G04R60/08G06Q20/3278
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Patent No.
US 10,001,756
App. No.
15/374,374
Granted
Jun 19, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A watch including a dial pad, a circular movement disposed adjacent to the dial pad, a circular printed circuit board (PCB) having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, the PCB including a hole defined as the inner diameter and a plurality of integrated circuits (ICs) disposed in a region between the inner diameter and the outer diameter, in which the movement having a diameter smaller than the inner diameter is shaped and sized to fit into the hole, a first battery disposed adjacent to the PCB and supplies a first operating voltage only to the PCB, and a case dimensioned and shaped to receive the dial pad, the movement, the PCB, and the first battery.

Claims (46)

1. A watch comprising:

a dial pad;

a circular movement disposed adjacent to the dial pad;

a circular printed circuit board (PCB) having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, the PCB including a hole defined as the inner diameter and a plurality of integrated circuits (ICs) disposed in a region between the inner diameter and the outer diameter, wherein the movement having a diameter smaller than the inner diameter is shaped and sized to fit into the hole;

a first battery disposed adjacent to the PCB and supplies a first operating voltage only to the PCB; and

a case dimensioned and shaped to receive the dial pad, the movement, the PCB, and the first battery.

2. The watch of claim 1 , wherein the movement is a mechanical movement.

3. The watch of claim 1 , wherein the PCB is shaped as a donut or a C shape.

4. The watch of claim 1 , further comprising a bezel connected to an upper portion of the case, wherein one of the plurality of ICs is a wireless communication module for performing wireless communications with an external wireless device through the bezel and the bezel is used as an antenna of the wireless communication module.

5. The watch of claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of ICs is a display driver IC and the display driver IC drives the dial pad serving as a display device.

6. The watch of claim 1 , further comprising a bezel connected to an upper portion of the case and a transparent display device connected to the bezel, wherein one of the plurality of ICs drives the transparent display device.

7. The watch of claim 1 , further comprising a second battery electrically connected to the movement and not electrically connected to the PCB supplying a second operating voltage to the movement.

8. The watch of claim 1 , further comprising a case back connected to a lower portion of the case and at least one bio sensor disposed on at least one of the case or the case back and collects biological information of a user,

wherein the plurality of ICs include:

a bio-processor for processing the biological information output from the at least one bio sensor; and

a memory for receiving and storing information processed by the bio-processor.

9. The watch of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of ICs include:

a processor for executing a mobile payment application;

a security module including a memory for storing user payment information; and

a wireless communication module,

wherein the mobile payment application executed by the processor performs a mobile payment together with an external wireless payment device through the wireless communication module using the user payment information.

10. The watch of claim 1 , further comprising a case back connected to a lower portion of the case and at least one bio sensor disposed on at least one of the case or the case back and collects biological information of a user,

wherein the plurality of ICs include:

a security module including a memory for storing authentication information of a user; and

a processor which processes the biological information output from the at least one bio sensor, compares processed biological information with the authentication information read from the memory, and authenticates the user according to a result of the comparison.

11. A watch comprising:

a dial pad;

a circular movement disposed adjacent to the dial pad;

a circular printed circuit board (PCB) having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, the PCB including a hole defined as the inner diameter and a plurality of integrated circuits (ICs) disposed in a region between the inner diameter and the outer diameter, wherein the movement having a diameter smaller than the inner diameter is sized and shaped to fit into the hole;

a first battery disposed adjacent to the PCB and supplies a first operating voltage only to the PCB; and

a case dimensioned and shaped to receive the dial pad, the movement, the PCB, and the first battery,

wherein the plurality of ICs include a wireless communication module, a display driver IC, and an application processor.

12. The watch of claim 11 , wherein the movement is a mechanical movement.

13. The watch of claim 11 , wherein the PCB is shaped as a donut or a C shape.

14. The watch of claim 11 , further comprising a bezel connected to an upper portion of the case, wherein the wireless communication module is connected to the bezel through a wire and the bezel is used as an antenna of the wireless communication module.

15. The watch of claim 11 , wherein the display driver IC transmits display data to the dial pad serving as a display device.

16. The watch of claim 11 , further comprising a bezel connected to an upper portion of the case and a transparent display device connected to the bezel, wherein the display driver IC transmits display data to the transparent display device.

17. A watch comprising:

a dial pad;

a circular mechanical movement disposed adjacent to the dial pad;

a circular printed circuit board (PCB) having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, the PCB including a hole defined as the inner diameter and a plurality of integrated circuits (ICs) disposed in a region between the inner diameter and the outer diameter, wherein the mechanical movement having a diameter smaller than the inner diameter is shaped and sized to fit into the hole;

a first battery disposed adjacent to the PCB and supplies a first operating voltage only to the PCB; and

a case dimensioned and shaped to receive the dial pad, the mechanical movement, the PCB, and the first battery.

18. The watch of claim 17 , further comprising a bezel connected to an upper portion of the case, wherein one of the plurality of ICs is a wireless communication module for performing wireless communications with an external wireless device through the bezel and the bezel is used as an antenna of the wireless communication module.

19. The watch of claim 17 , wherein one of the plurality of ICs is a display driver IC and the display driver IC drives the dial pad serving as a display device.

20. The watch of claim 17 , further comprising a bezel connected to an upper portion of the case and a transparent display device connected to the bezel, wherein one of the plurality of ICs drives the transparent display device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2016
From: RYU, HYUNG-REAL; KWON, KI-HYOUN; KIM, YONG-JAE; CHO, SUNG BUM
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0177393 · Dec 11, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170168462A1 · Jun 15, 2017
Cited By (1)
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